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Rabbit's foot amulet

1860-1905

Bracelet, amuletic, leather plaited band with five rectangular cases attached

1880-1925

Badger's snout

1871-1917

Amulet case made from bird's webbed foot

1880-1920

Toilet flask

500-1450

Toilet flask

500-1450

Mole's foot

1890-1910

Medicine man's bag

1870-1920

Fly whisk with red

1851-1920

Antimony bottle made of animal skin

1890-1920

Mole's foot

1890-1910

Pharmaceutical container

Amulet necklace

1880-1920

Tobacco pipe

1850-1910

Rectangular bronze medal by Gregoire-Calvet commemorating C.M. Gariel

1911

Dried eel skin

1880-1920

Mole's foot

1890-1910

Kohl bottle

1890-1932

Medicine man's plaited string bag with sling

1870-1920

Headdress, Sierra Leone, West African, 1870-1907

1870-1907

Masai headdress

1870-1920

Medicine man's outfit

1880-1930

Nut enclosed in skin which has contained mercury

1870-1930

Amulet in form of a mole's foot set into metal holder with suspension ring

1880-1920

Monkey-skin bag used by healers, Africa, 1880-1930

1880-1930

Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910

1890-1910

Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910

1890-1910
Moles foot, carried loose as a cure against cramp and toothache, from Downham, Norfolk, October 1910

Moles foot amulet

1890-1910
Mole's foot, carried loose as a cure against cramp and toothache, from Downham, Norfolk, October 1910

Mole's foot amulet

1890-1910
Deer's foot, Chinese, 1850-1930

Deer's foot, Chinese, 1850-1930

1850-1930
Poison bottle, skin, from the Celebes, 1880-1929

Poison bottle

1880-1929
Gourd with phallic projection, symbol of the harvest god Eja, while the bowl represents the womb of his wife Ekumoke, Ekoi, maker, Cameroons, 1890-1925

Gourd with phallic projection

1890-1925
Double-headed skull drum, skin and bone, Tibetan, date unknown

Double-headed skull drum

before 1932
Large square medal case with brass clasps, French(?), 1801-1930

Large square medal case with brass clasps

1801-1930
Human skin tattooed with floral motif, unidentified provenance.

Human skin tattooed with floral motif

before 1937
Grass basket, covered in skin, containing bundle of bark

Grass basket

Double headed skull drum, skin and bone, Tibetan, date unknown

Double headed skull drum

before 1932
Skull drum, double-headed, skin and bone, Tibetan, date unknown

Skull drum

before 1932
Necklace, amuletic in form of bundle of fragments of wood, bone, metal, lizard skin, lizard foot, etc., Abyssinian, 1890-1930

Necklace, amuletic in form of bundle of fragments of wood

1890-1930
Papier mache anatomical figure, covered with human skin, Japanese

Papier mache anatomical figure

1801-1930
Shrunken head with long brown hair, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador

Shrunken head with long brown hair

before 1926
Shrunken head of a female sloth, Ecuadorian, 1850-1930

Shrunken head of a female sloth

1850-1930
Shrunken head of a male sloth Ecuadorian, 1850-1930

Shrunken head of a male sloth Ecuadorian

1850-1930
Witch doctors headdress, Central East African, 1870-1920

Witch doctors headdress

1870-1920
Two dried specimen of phrynocephalus frontalis lizard, used to cure rheumatism, China, 1901-1914

Two dried specimen of phrynocephalus frontalis lizard

1901-1914
Dried rat, no provenance, 1850-1930

Dried rat, no provenance, 1850-1930

1850-1930
Glass specimen bottle, ground glass stopper, contains a urislet of Iguana skin from Peru, bottle European, 1900-1920

Glass specimen bottle

1900-1920
Circular brass-studded shagreen medal case, contents missing, English, 1751-1765

Circular brass-studded shagreen medal case

1751-1965
Circular brass-studded shagreen medal case, contents missing, English(?), 1751-1800

Circular brass-studded shagreen medal case

1751-1800
Some pieces of human skin covered with fungus, in glass toppered plywood case, found in St. Martin's Vaults, London, 1859, English, 1601-1840

Some pieces of human skin covered with fungus

1601-1840